College Degrees More Expensive, Worth Less In Job Market
This article from TIME further reinforces something that I think college students hear often or have come to realize, that even after spending so much money to receive a bachelor's degree, there's no guarantee of having a job once they graduate college. Even when some students go on to receive master's degrees, employers are also looking for experience in the field which makes it difficult to get a job when you're fresh out of school, and even worse when you have a lot of student debt to pay off.
Should More People Skip College?
I agree with this article when it states that not everyone needs to go to college and earn a degree. However, the article states that some bachelor's programs aren't as useful as others because you can get a job without the degree (like the example with the criminal justice major and becoming a police officer after graduating), or that there is a little market for some degrees after graduating (the article uses examples such as anthropology and Russian Literature). While I know that money and time is and issue, I don't think that someone should choose a major just because they think it will help them secure a job once they graduate, because as this article states, you can have a job without a degree. However, I think that you should major in a subject because you genuinely enjoy the field and want to gain more knowledge about it.
Plan B: Skip College
I agree with this article similarly with the one above that college is not the only option for students once they graduate college, and I'm not sure if every student is aware of that. I think that a lot of people are brought up to believe that going to college will open a lot of doors and opportunities for them, which isn't necessarily true, as the two articles above made clear.
This article from TIME further reinforces something that I think college students hear often or have come to realize, that even after spending so much money to receive a bachelor's degree, there's no guarantee of having a job once they graduate college. Even when some students go on to receive master's degrees, employers are also looking for experience in the field which makes it difficult to get a job when you're fresh out of school, and even worse when you have a lot of student debt to pay off.
Should More People Skip College?
I agree with this article when it states that not everyone needs to go to college and earn a degree. However, the article states that some bachelor's programs aren't as useful as others because you can get a job without the degree (like the example with the criminal justice major and becoming a police officer after graduating), or that there is a little market for some degrees after graduating (the article uses examples such as anthropology and Russian Literature). While I know that money and time is and issue, I don't think that someone should choose a major just because they think it will help them secure a job once they graduate, because as this article states, you can have a job without a degree. However, I think that you should major in a subject because you genuinely enjoy the field and want to gain more knowledge about it.
Plan B: Skip College
I agree with this article similarly with the one above that college is not the only option for students once they graduate college, and I'm not sure if every student is aware of that. I think that a lot of people are brought up to believe that going to college will open a lot of doors and opportunities for them, which isn't necessarily true, as the two articles above made clear.